Free 186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook:  
Get 2,000+ tool plans, full site access, and more.

User Tag List

Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: Quick & Easy Lathe Chip Guard For Brass Chips

  1. #1
    Supporting Member Retro Steam Tech's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2019
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    122
    Thanks
    18
    Thanked 235 Times in 58 Posts

    Retro Steam Tech's Tools

    Quick & Easy Lathe Chip Guard For Brass Chips


    186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook

  2. The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Retro Steam Tech For This Useful Post:

    Home-PC (Jan 1, 2021), lassab999 (Jan 5, 2021), old_toolmaker (Jan 3, 2021), sacco1 (Dec 31, 2020), sossol (Dec 31, 2020)

  3. #2
    greenie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Posts
    197
    Thanks
    136
    Thanked 113 Times in 64 Posts

    greenie's Tools
    An el-cheapo 2 inch paint brush held over the flying chips works just as well ------------- :-)

    2000 Tool Plans

  4. The Following User Says Thank You to greenie For This Useful Post:

    Retro Steam Tech (Jan 1, 2021)

  5. #3
    Supporting Member Retro Steam Tech's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2019
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    122
    Thanks
    18
    Thanked 235 Times in 58 Posts

    Retro Steam Tech's Tools
    Must give that a try sometime

  6. #4
    Supporting Member sossol's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Lafayette, Indiana
    Posts
    504
    Thanks
    842
    Thanked 405 Times in 207 Posts

    sossol's Tools
    You could mitigate some of the flimsiness by inserting some metal wire before running it through the laminating machine.

    Neil

  7. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to sossol For This Useful Post:

    lassab999 (Jan 5, 2021), Retro Steam Tech (Jan 1, 2021)

  8. #5
    Supporting Member old_toolmaker's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2017
    Location
    Cape Coral, FL
    Posts
    579
    Thanks
    647
    Thanked 442 Times in 180 Posts

    old_toolmaker's Tools
    Nice job well done.
    Dick


    Links to some of my plans:

    https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...965#post105972 OFF-SET TAILSTOCK CENTER PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...995#post112113 SMALL TURRET TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/l...994#post112111 LARGE TURRET TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...383#post110340 MINI-LATHE CARRIAGE LOCK PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...191#post106483 SMALL QC TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/q...849#post119345 QUICK CHANGE LATHE TURRET
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...949#post119893 MINI LATHE COMPOUND PIVOT MODIFICATION

  9. The Following User Says Thank You to old_toolmaker For This Useful Post:

    Retro Steam Tech (Jan 1, 2021)

  10. #6
    Supporting Member Retro Steam Tech's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2019
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    122
    Thanks
    18
    Thanked 235 Times in 58 Posts

    Retro Steam Tech's Tools
    Thanks Neil. If the wire was thin enough I think that would work.

  11. #7
    Supporting Member sossol's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Lafayette, Indiana
    Posts
    504
    Thanks
    842
    Thanked 405 Times in 207 Posts

    sossol's Tools
    Quote Originally Posted by Retro Steam Tech View Post
    Thanks Neil. If the wire was thin enough I think that would work.
    Aluminum or steel window screen would work if you went that way, but I was thinking of thicker wire around the perimeter, leaving the field open.

    Neil

  12. The Following User Says Thank You to sossol For This Useful Post:

    Retro Steam Tech (Jan 1, 2021)

  13. #8
    Content Editor
    Supporting Member
    DIYer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Posts
    3,056
    Thanks
    772
    Thanked 1,850 Times in 1,652 Posts


    Thanks Retro Steam Tech! We've added your Lathe Chip Guard to our Lathe Accessories category,
    as well as to your builder page: Retro Steam Tech's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:




  14. #9
    Supporting Member marksbug's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    1,898
    Thanks
    725
    Thanked 372 Times in 298 Posts
    been there done that, also with .080 lexan&some .125 plexie. and even a formed faceshield .witch and what you use may be dictated on what you are machining and how often. for me chips arent the issue as much as oil being slung off. for me the chips from the milling machine are way more bothersome than the lathe. I also added a tall back splash to mt 2 lathes. And on my 7x14 mini I moved the back splash back about 2" from where it was and that's much better for my liking.



    186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook

  15. The Following User Says Thank You to marksbug For This Useful Post:

    Retro Steam Tech (Jan 4, 2021)

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •